03.06.2011 - An introduction to real estate futures
With the near future of real estate still in question, investors have been hungry for a fast way to play the market or to hedge against their volatile portfolios. Futures contracts have been an extremely popular method of balancing a portfolio in other markets, and real estate is, with a little knowledge, now in the same boat. In 2006, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) started trading futures contracts for the S&P/Case-Schiller Home Price Index, which covered both U.S. residential and commercial properties..............................................Full Article: Source
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